Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients from West-Africa: Report of four imported cases in Italy;Istoplasmosi disseminata progressiva in pazienti affetti da infezione da virus dell'immunodeficienza acquisita provenienti dall'Africa occidentale: Descrizione di quattro casi importati osservati in Italia

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-55

  Inojosa, Walter ^a   Rossi, Maria Cristina ^a   Laurino, Licia ^a   Giobbia, Mario ^a   Fuser, Rodolfo ^a   Carniato, Antonella ^a   Farina, Francesca ^a   de Pieri, Marika ^a   Baldasso, Francesco ^b   Forner, Gabriella ^b   Scotton, Piergiorgio ^a  

^a OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; FOSAMPRENAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; GANCICLOVIR; ITRACONAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LAMIVUDINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM; STAVUDINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AFRICA; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOURICEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; ITALY; MALAISE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAUSEA; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROTEINURIA; SPLENOMEGALY; SPUTUM CULTURE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THROMBOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS; ULCER; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BONE MARROW; COMORBIDITY; COTE D'IVOIRE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GHANA; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; ITALY; LIBERIA; MALE; SENEGAL; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79955653886     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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